Improvement in suspender-buckles



Unrrno STATES PATENT OFFICE. y

iMeRovEMsnT IN sus'PENDEPe-BUCKLES;

i Specification forming part of Lett :i Patent No. 42,967', dated March29, 1864. 'y

To .all whom, it 71mg' concer-12,.' Be ithnown that l, lniLos BLAKE, ofNew llavcn, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, 'haveiuventedvcertain new useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles; and .lhereby declare that4 the following is a full, clear, and exactdescriptionpf the saine, reference being `had to the accompanying'drawings, in which- Figure l is a front View; Fig. 2, aside, and

'lfigf a rear, elevation of in y iin proved buckle.

Fig. isa sectional View or diagram, andi Fig. 5 a perspective view, ofthe saine, sh'o\y ing the several parts of which the'bnchle is composedin position when the strap 'or`Webf 'with greatforceupon the strap thatmay-be bing is being' adjusted. f

Suspend er-huekles as lim-nt ohwo ppn-stumm@ ae generally niade in two'part iiz., of a tru-nie and of teeth'or prongs hinged vto the 'frame-andthe arrangement is such that the webbing or strap is held in place'bytheteeth piercing it andthe points of the teeth resting against er closingwith sonie portion of the traine, so as to prevent the strap from beingdisengaged. This inodeiof constructing buckles is objectionable, becausethe webbing is soon Worn bythe holes .formed by th e-,pron gs and thetendency to enlarge the vholes by the constant strain to which the strapis exposed When in use. rlhe object ot' my invention is to so combinethe parts of a suspenderbuekle as that,'while the webbing is notnecessarily 1 pierced or punctnrcd, the buckle is not increased in bulk-1'. e., not caused to bulge out when holding 'a strap 5 and I haveaccomplished f the object of my invention bythe construcf tion andarrangement 'of suspender-buckles as follows: f

.l form the buckle of t-wo parts-that is to say, of a loop, in which theunder straps of a suspender arel inserted or fastcned,fand of a shield.The former (marked in the drawings L) is a metal strip, having. cut orpunched through it an opening, 1- O, for the under strap. On the upperside the 'metal strip isbcnt at right angles, as atb in Fig. 4, andutthecorners the upper edge orfolded edge vis provided withlaterallyprojecting *Y lhe bent edge may be cutout so as to leave prongsor teeth ybut this -l deem 'pins p.

-set forth.

stri-pcf metai, corrugated on its face, asshown i'ilfthev drawings at cor, instead of thecor rugation or recess, a hole maybe cut in the faceextending transversely the width of the bent edge b. At'the sides of thevshield ears are formed, which are perforated for the lodgnient of thepins before referred tot From this description ofthe construction of lthe parts constituting int/'improved buckle their operation willberea'dily understood: It lwill be seen that the'loop piece L is hung inthe shield Ain line with or slightly above the folded edge or prongs.the folded ed gel `will be caused to inpinge between it andtheshield,fand the strap mayT `be readily Adisen'gaged-and t-he pressure onit removed without first shortening the strapde., without drawing itdownbnt bysimply upsetting the shield, as represented .in Fig. 5.

The. adjusting, of the strap or webbingv is therefore greatlyfacilitatethand it may be secured in anypositiondesiredwithoutpuneturing it.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claini 1. Forming a Ast lspender-buckleof .two parts-that is tos'ay,"of a loop `and a shieldwhen the formeris bentat right angles, orthereabouts, and hinged to the latter under the arrangementhereinbefo'redescribed, so as to operate in the manner andfor-thepurposes 2. In combination with 'a looppiece bent at right angles, orthereabout, andhinged, as described, to a shield, corrugatingor-reces'sing the face of the shield corresponding withv the bentpart.of thelooppiece, substantially in the manner and for thepurposes assetforth.

'3. Hinging the loop-piece in line with or above 'the folded edge'thereof, for the better' imp ingin'g' ofthe strap and for its ready`adjust'inent, substantially as set forth. In testimonyT Whercof I vhave signed 'my scribingwitnesses. 4PHILOS BLAKE.

lXlfitnesses: S. B. Pannen,

ALGN. II. Mousn,

By this arrangement name to this specification before tivo sub-

